Lec 4: Red Lesions Flashcards
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Vesicle vs. Ulcer
A vesicle may eventually lose the overlying epithelium and then present as an ulceration
EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA defect in?
Defect in the attachment mechanisms of the epithelial cells
EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA cure?
No cure
EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA management?
supportive
EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA–Vesicles and bullae due to?
minor trauma
EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA–oral lesions? (2)
Bullae may heal with scarring; restricted opening
Hypoplastic teeth
VIRAL DISEASES onset?
acute
VIRAL DISEASES symptoms?
May have malaise, fever, lymphadenopathy
Lymphadenopathy not present with?
recurrent herpes and zoster
Viral diseases all have?
vesicle stage
Viral diseases multiple___
ulcers
Spread predominantly through infected saliva or active perioral lesions
Adapted best to the oral, facial and ocular areas
Developed nations show 20% exposure at age 5 and 50-60% at adulthood
Herpes simplex 1
Adapted best to genital zones
Transmitted through sexual contact, typically involving the genitalia
Herpes simplex 2
Primary infection? occurs at? symptomatic or asymptomatic?
Initial exposure of individual without antibodies to virus
Typically occurs at young age
Often asymptomatic or subclinical
Latency? most common?
Virus taken up by sensory nerves
Most common site for HSV-1 is trigeminal ganglion
Recurrent? affect the? usually symptomatic or asymptomatic?
Reactivation of the virus
Affect the epithelium supplied by sensory gangilion
Usually symptomatic
Primary Herpetic Gingivostomatitis
Lymphadenopathy present
Multiple vesicles and ulcers anywhere in oral cavity, pharynx, and perioral skin
May present subclinically
Primary Herpes
Numerous pinhead vesicles develop
Lesions enlarge slightly and develop central ulceration
In primary herpes, Sometimes yellow fibrin covers the ulcers, which may?
coalesce
Primary herpes involves
keratinized and non-keratinized mucosa
In Primary herpes, the gingiva is always enlarged and..
painful and extremely red
Primary Herpes treatment?
Acyclovir (Zovirax)
Adults: 200mg
resolves in 10-14 days
HERPES SIMPLEXRECURRENT HERPES aka
cold sore and fever blisters
Prodrome: tingling, burning, paresthesia
RECURRENT HERPES occur in? appears on?Lymphadenopathy present?
small clusters;
Appears on On vermilion border, perioral skin and keratinized oral mucosal surfaces; Recur in same location each time; NO